twistidd
Bronze Member
- Nov 11, 2007
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- White's Matrix M6 w/ Sun-Ray DX-1, 950 coil and 6x10 DD, Minelab Excalibur II, Garrett Ace 250, Garmin Etrex GPS
I met up with TreasureFiend and Mikewaz this morning at some "new" old woods that has seen some action at the turn of the century. I did some research on this site and it looked good. The weather was great, just above freezing with a few very light flurries, but nice diggable soil. However, this site could use a bit of Rootmaster, because the roots were absolutely out of control.
Anyway, it seemed the finds began rolling in soon for TF and Mike. I was experiencing problems with the M6 in certain parts of the woods where there were these light, pumice-like rocks everywhere. They would ring up perectly as coins at the right depths, but as soon as the hole was dug and the Sun Ray was in, I'd get a low foil tone. This happened more than I would have liked. Later, I lowered my sensitivity a little more and that seemed to alleviate the problem for the most part.
Eventually, I got an iffy signal that turned out to be a 1906 Barber dime. That's the only coin I found (I'm not counting the 1976 clad Washington, how embarrassing). Mike and TF scored some really nice old coins, TF a couple of firsts, but I'll let them tell their stories.
Lowbatts, sorry to hear of your condition. I'll do my best to help entertain you. I found a bird band today, the second of the year, thought that might interest you. I'll have to look it up to see what species of bird it was attached to.
Hope you all had a great weekend, here's hoping next weekend will be dry! Mike and Kermit, thanks for tagging along, it was a great time.
Joe
Anyway, it seemed the finds began rolling in soon for TF and Mike. I was experiencing problems with the M6 in certain parts of the woods where there were these light, pumice-like rocks everywhere. They would ring up perectly as coins at the right depths, but as soon as the hole was dug and the Sun Ray was in, I'd get a low foil tone. This happened more than I would have liked. Later, I lowered my sensitivity a little more and that seemed to alleviate the problem for the most part.
Eventually, I got an iffy signal that turned out to be a 1906 Barber dime. That's the only coin I found (I'm not counting the 1976 clad Washington, how embarrassing). Mike and TF scored some really nice old coins, TF a couple of firsts, but I'll let them tell their stories.
Lowbatts, sorry to hear of your condition. I'll do my best to help entertain you. I found a bird band today, the second of the year, thought that might interest you. I'll have to look it up to see what species of bird it was attached to.
Hope you all had a great weekend, here's hoping next weekend will be dry! Mike and Kermit, thanks for tagging along, it was a great time.
Joe
